I would think that you would lose one of the major advatages of SMD, shrt traces and small layout area. I have my SMD version in a 2.5 x 3.8" area with all cap included. It's kinda fun I really like the idea of the SSLV being on same board. Very professional looking. Second set I may try adding this plus dcb1 to output. This stuff is like play time for me

Bros. My TT is not worthy. Plus, gotta finish my speaks to really enjoy.It's on the list now. I was always content with cd/flac, but my high res version just doesn't sound then same. Of course we have different setups. I am bringing it home tonight to see if I can check curve and distortion successfully. Been looking at SMD RiAa layouts. Is it best to have ground plane encompassing opposite side of majority of traces? It's such a big topic, hard to know where to start. Any penalty in adding SSlV on same board like you suggested? His old pre had RIAA in a enclosure inside the main case. I assume for further noise isolation.